Did you hear about the guy who crosses English channel? Oh this is unbelievable but its true. This is a discovery of a lifetime a commercial pilot fly with his very own self jet crosses English channel. According to the report Yves Rossy leapt from a plane at more than 8,800 feet, fired up his jets and made the 22-mile trip from Calais in France in about 10 minutes. Rossy passed over a thin strip of land in front of South Foreland lighthouse, looped over onlookers and opened his parachute, his wings still strapped to his back.